HONG KONG, Nov 16 – A Hong Kong court notice ordering the eviction of democracy demonstrators from parts of the main protest site they have occupied for seven weeks has been published in leading newspapers, the first such public circular that empowers authorities to start clearing rally sites. Protesters have been

KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 16 – The Gagau-Menjejak Dinosaur Expedition 2014 carried out by the Mineral and Geoscience Department and Malaysian Geological Heritage Group (KWGM) has led to the discovery of a dinosaur fossil around Mount Gagau in Kenyir Lake, Hulu Terengganu. The 10-day expedition from Oct 13 to 22 involved researchers from

KOTA KINABALU,Nov 16 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, has assured the government would review the proposal to make Sabah Sabah Ports in park near here as a transhipment hub east Malaysia. He said the matter would be considered as it can also address the issue of payment of

KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 16 – The 2014 Terengganu International Timber Exhibition (Tints) has created two new records in the Malaysia Book of Records Sunday. The four-day exhibition, starting last Thursday, was recognised as the biggest sales carnival for agarwood and the first international timber exhibition in Malaysia. Tints was organised by the

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has lambasted those who accused him of trying to attract public attention for wanting the transgender issue to be debated during the Umno General Assembly at the end of this month. He said the General Assembly held yearly was a platform for

ALOR GAJAH, Nov 16 – Any increase in house prices upon implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in April next year is just temporary, as a number of measures are already in place to curtail the rise. Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan said among the measures are increasing the real

NEBRASKA, Nov 16 – A surgeon diagnosed with Ebola in his native Sierra Leone arrived Saturday afternoon in the United States, where he will undergo treatment at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Doctors judge him to be in “extremely critical condition,” the center said in a statement dated Saturday. While

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) president Mohd Khalid Atan criticised Malaysia Airlines (MAS) for sacking an employee without a fair investigation. According to Khalid, MAS’ management was “cruel” for giving an employee, who served them for 32 years and accused of sexually harassing a passenger, the

OCBC Bank (Malaysia) Bhd intends to ride on the growth wave of Penang’s services sector via the expansion of its premier banking offerings. Its chief executive officer Ong Eng Bin said while the manufacturing sector remains the state’s economic backbone, the bank had noted the emergence of sectors such as

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 – The Land Public Transport Comission (SPAD) detained 97 lorries over various traffic offences in operations conducted on the SILK Highway linking Puchong and Kajang since January. SPAD in a statement here today said the operations were conducted following complaints lorries were posing safety risks to other

GRABOVE, Nov 16 – Work began Sunday to remove the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from rebel-held territory in eastern Ukraine, four months after it was shot down claiming 298 lives. An AFP journalist saw workers from the emergency ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic begin cutting pieces of the

AUSTRALIA, Nov 16 – World leaders at the G20 summit have agreed to a series of measures aimed at boosting the global economy by more than $2 trillion. The plans, if they’re fully put into action, would lift the combined gross domestic product of G20 nations by an extra 2.1% by

CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Nov 16 – The relocation of residents occupying the river banks and river reserves especially in Lembah Bertam, Ringlet where landslides and mud flood hit the area recently is made difficult by the residents’ refusal to move to a new area. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G. Palanivel said although a

SIBU, Nov 16 – The death of a heavily pregnant Malaysian woman in a car crash on Borneo island in July opens a new front in a widening U.S. investigation into defective air bags that has triggered one of the biggest safety recalls in automotive history. Law Suk Leh, 43,

BERA, Nov 16 – The government aims to produce about 50 percent of the country’s food supply needs including meat, by 2020, said Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Last year, the country’s beef and buffalo meat production was 54,000 metric tonnes which could only meet 30

LENGGONG, Nov 16 – The National Higher Education Fund Corporation’s (PTPTN) decision to cut its loan amount by five and 15 percent, will only affect approximately 200,000 students who receive the loan from Nov 1, 2014, PTPTN chairman Datuk Shamsul Anuar Nasarah said. As such, he said some 400,000 existing PTPTN borrowers,

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 16 – Penang UMNO denied if the Penang state government’s intention to continue to raise taxes in this country. Umno liaison chairman Datuk Zainal Abidin Osman, said the increase would burden the people as a whole because of the need to pay high taxes due to the

NUSAJAYA, Nov 16 – Government hospitals in Johor are prepared to treat and have quarantine procedures to suspected Ebola cases here. Johor Health and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Ayub Rahmat said medical officers in the state are also competent in treating Ebola-related symptoms such as fever, headache, muscle ache, vomiting,

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 16 – Stateless children in Sabah will not be given birth certificates, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today, amid state leaders’ fears that the move would see them granted automatic citizenship. Najib said that the offspring of stateless individuals in Sabah would be given a